Albert
Cortina
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 175
 
Born: June 22, 1983 in Puerto Rico
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2002 19 WA GE     0 2 0 1 3 2 2 5 5 5 3 1 2 5 4 5 5 4 4
2003 20 WA GE     0 3 1 2 3 2 2 5 5 5 3 1 2 6 5 5 5 5 5
2004 21 WA GE     0 5 2 3 3 2 2 5 5 5 3 1 2 6 6 6 7 6 6
2005 22 WA GE     0 4 2 3 3 2 2 5 5 5 3 1 2 7 6 7 6 6 6
2006 23 WA GE     1 5 3 3 3 2 3 5 5 5 3 2 2 8 8 8 7 6 6
2007 24 WA GE     0 4 2 3 3 2 3 5 5 5 3 1 2 9 8 8 6 6 6
2008 25 WA GE     2 5 3 4 3 2 3 5 5 5 3 2 2 9 8 8 7 6 6
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 2 0 1 3 2 2 5 5 5 3 1 2 5 4 5 5 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings     2 5 3 4 3 2 3 5 5 5 3 2 2 9 8 8 7 6 6
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 26 WA GE $ 300,000 7 4 3 3 9 8 8 4 3 3
2010 27 WA GE $ 300,000 7 4 4 4 9 8 8 6 4 4
2011 28 WA GE $ 300,000 7 5 4 4 8 7 7 5 3 4
2012 29 WA GE $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 8 7 7 5 3 4
2013 30 DC FF $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 8 7 7 5 3 4
2014 31 DC FF $ 300,000 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 5 4 4
2015 32 DC FF $ 300,000 8 8 7 7 8 7 7 5 3 4
2016 33 MN GE $ 300,000 8 7 7 7 8 7 7 5 3 4
2017 34 MN GE $ 300,000 8 7 7 7 8 7 7 5 3 3
2018 35 MN GE $ 300,000 8 7 7 7 8 7 7 5 3 4
2019 36 MN GE $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 7 6 6 4 3 3
2020 37 MN GE $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 6 5 6 3 3 3
2021 38 MN GE $ 300,000 6 3 3 3 6 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 6 3 3 3 6 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 8 8 7 7 9 8 8 6 4 4
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2002 19 WA GE   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2003 20 WA GE   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2004 21 WA GE   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2005 22 WA GE   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2006 23 WA GE   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2007 24 WA GE   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2008 25 WA GE   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Max Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 26 WA GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
2010 27 WA GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
2011 28 WA GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
2012 29 WA GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
2013 30 DC FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
2014 31 DC FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
2015 32 DC FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
2016 33 MN GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
2017 34 MN GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
2018 35 MN GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
2019 36 MN GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
2020 37 MN GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
2021 38 MN GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won James Yim Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2002 19 A   10 8 .556 24 24 2 0 0 173.3 158 68 11 51 109 3.53 .240 .295 .359 .653  
2003 20 A   9 10 .474 25 25 2 1 0 167.3 167 88 26 54 152 4.73 .253 .310 .437 .747  
2004 21 A   8 7 .533 25 25 0 0 0 158.0 149 68 18 32 179 3.87 .245 .283 .414 .697  
2005 22 AA   8 14 .364 25 25 0 0 0 165.3 161 71 19 54 175 3.86 .250 .308 .435 .743  
2006 23 AA   4 9 .308 24 24 1 0 0 164.0 163 70 21 32 182 3.84 .254 .289 .438 .727  
2007 24 AA   7 8 .467 17 17 1 0 0 118.0 122 53 17 13 131 4.04 .264 .284 .472 .756  
2008 25 AA   5 8 .385 24 24 0 0 0 162.0 164 75 21 19 204 4.17 .253 .274 .439 .713  
2009 26 AAA   14 8 .636 26 26 7 0 0 192.3 197 78 32 43 88 3.65 .259 .299 .445 .744  
2010 27 AAA   7 5 .583 27 15 3 0 0 134.3 147 66 29 39 59 4.42 .275 .324 .508 .832  
2011 28 WA GE 2 9 .182 43 7 0 0 1 84.3 89 42 13 21 22 4.48 .275 .326 .451 .776 0.0
2012 29 WA GE 0 1 .000 28 0 0 0 0 26.0 30 21 3 11 7 7.27 .288 .370 .413 .783 0.0
    AAA   2 1 .667 14 2 0 0 1 22.7 27 15 8 7 13 5.96 .303 .354 .618 .972  
2013 30 DC FF 2 6 .250 12 12 0 0 0 66.0 81 37 8 25 34 5.05 .307 .368 .473 .841 0.0
    AAA   12 5 .706 23 20 2 0 0 143.7 107 33 14 36 90 2.07 .204 .255 .331 .586  
2014 31 DC FF 14 5 .737 34 26 2 1 1 182.7 150 62 20 48 80 3.05 .223 .278 .353 .631 13.1
2015 32 DC FF 3 10 .231 18 18 1 0 0 108.0 103 48 14 28 54 4.00 .247 .301 .388 .689 2.0
2016 33 DC FF 3 4 .429 12 9 1 0 0 62.7 50 14 5 17 38 2.01 .217 .273 .339 .612 6.4
  MN GE 6 2 .750 12 9 1 0 0 70.3 56 24 5 27 34 3.07 .215 .292 .331 .623 4.5
  TOT   9 6 .600 24 18 2 0 0 133.0 106 38 10 44 72 2.57 .216 .283 .335 .618 10.9
    AAA   0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 10.7 12 5 4 5 10 4.22 .279 .354 .581 .936  
2017 34 MN GE 9 16 .360 31 31 1 0 0 197.7 193 89 21 55 104 4.05 .254 .310 .393 .704 4.1
2018 35 MN GE 2 1 .667 15 5 0 0 0 48.0 50 21 6 11 30 3.94 .265 .312 .402 .714 2.5
2019 36 MN GE 5 2 .714 26 6 1 1 0 70.7 69 32 11 24 39 4.08 .254 .320 .415 .735 3.0
2020 37 MN GE 2 3 .400 25 1 0 0 1 23.7 28 18 6 13 21 6.85 .298 .394 .521 .916 0.0
    AAA   3 2 .600 10 10 1 0 0 60.3 62 30 12 23 34 4.48 .266 .332 .481 .813  
2021 38 MN GE 1 3 .250 26 0 0 0 1 32.7 54 30 13 9 18 8.27 .367 .399 .728 1.127 0.0
    AAA   4 4 .500 10 10 0 0 0 66.3 72 23 8 20 31 3.12 .278 .330 .429 .758  
11 Years Sim 49 62 .441 282 124 7 2 4 972.6 953 438 125 289 481 4.05 .255 .314 .407 .721 35.6
7 Years AAA 42 26 .618 112 85 13 0 1 630.3 624 250 107 173 325 3.57 .255 .304 .445 .749  
4 Years AA 24 39 .381 90 90 2 0 0 609.3 610 269 78 118 692 3.97 .254 .289 .444 .733  
3 Years A 27 25 .519 74 74 4 1 0 498.7 474 224 55 137 440 4.04 .246 .296 .403 .699  
14 Years Minors 93 90 .508 276 249 19 1 1 1738.3 1708 743 240 428 1457 3.85 .252 .297 .433 .730  
Season Average 4 5 .444 25 11 0 0 0 88.4 86 39 11 26 43 4.05 .255 .314 .407 .721  
Career Highs 14 16 .737 43 31 2 1 1 197.7 193 89 21 55 104 8.27 .367 .399 .728 1.127  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   777 332 102 234 332   .267 .321 .424 .745
vs LH   176 106 23 55 149   .215 .264 .350 .614
Home 24 32 .429 140 64 0 0 1 504.3 518 231 64 136 270 4.12 .263 .311 .410 .721
Away 25 30 .455 142 60 7 3 3 468.3 435 207 61 153 211 3.98 .246 .306 .404 .711
Mar/Apr 5 9 .357 42 10 1 0 1 107.3 112 51 18 23 56 4.28 .267 .305 .437 .742
May 9 12 .429 55 20 3 2 1 173.3 160 70 22 45 87 3.64 .240 .288 .384 .673
June 10 10 .500 50 19 1 1 1 156.3 144 56 16 37 70 3.22 .244 .288 .372 .660
July 8 10 .444 39 19 0 0 1 140.0 140 67 22 47 67 4.31 .261 .321 .427 .748
August 9 11 .450 53 28 0 0 0 208.0 209 100 21 68 109 4.33 .261 .318 .403 .721
Sep/Oct 8 10 .444 43 28 2 0 0 187.6 188 94 26 69 92 4.51 .261 .325 .431 .757
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2011 28 WA GE 43 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.1 0.0
2013 30 DC FF 12 22 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.9 0.0
2014 31 DC FF 34 65 1 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 23 .046 .074 .062 .135 -4.1 0.0
2015 32 DC FF 18 34 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 5 .029 .083 .029 .113 -1.7 0.0
2016 33 DC FF 12 18 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 7 .111 .111 .333 .444 0.7 0.0
  MN GE 12 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .000 .045 .000 .045 -1.5 0.0
  TOT   24 39 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 13 .051 .075 .154 .229 -0.7 0.0
2017 34 MN GE 31 60 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 15 .033 .048 .050 .098 -3.3 0.0
2018 35 MN GE 15 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .059 .059 .059 .118 -1.0 0.0
2019 36 MN GE 26 21 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 4 .048 .087 .048 .135 -0.6 0.0
2020 37 MN GE 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
2021 38 MN GE 26 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
10 Years Sim 254 277 11 10 3 0 1 15 0 0 7 75 .036 .059 .058 .117 -15.0 0.0
162 Game Average 176 7 6 1 0 0 9 0 0 4 47 .036 .059 .058 .117 -9.5  
Career Highs 43 65 3 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 23 .059 .087 .154 .229 -0.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   219 9 9 3 0 1 14 0 0 6 58 .041 .066 .068 .134 -12.0
vs LH   58 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 17 .017 .034 .017 .051 -4.6
Home 117 131 4 3 1 0 1 8 0 0 2 38 .023 .037 .053 .091 -8.9
Away 128 146 7 7 2 0 0 7 0 0 5 37 .048 .078 .062 .140 -7.7
RISP   62 0 5 0 0 1 14 0 0 2 19 .081 .104 .129 .234 -1.4
Close/Late   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5
Mar/Apr 28 27 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .074 .107 .074 .181 -1.1
May 36 48 5 2 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 15 .042 .061 .125 .186 -1.9
June 29 39 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 .077 .122 .103 .225 -1.1
July 35 45 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .022 .043 .022 .066 -3.4
August 32 56 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 12 .018 .051 .018 .069 -4.1
Sep/Oct 43 62 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 22 .016 .016 .032 .048 -5.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2011 28 WA GE P 43 7 84.3 6 16 0 2 1.000 2.35    
2012 29 WA GE P 28 0 26.0 1 10 0 1 1.000 3.81    
2013 30 DC FF P 12 12 66.0 2 8 1 0 .909 1.36    
2014 31 DC FF P 34 26 182.7 6 40 3 3 .939 2.27    
2015 32 DC FF P 18 18 108.0 15 19 0 1 1.000 2.83    
2016 33 DC FF P 12 9 62.7 4 13 1 1 .944 2.44    
  MN GE P 12 9 70.3 5 15 2 1 .909 2.56    
  TOT   P 24 18 133.0 9 28 3 2 .925 2.50    
2017 34 MN GE P 31 31 197.7 18 47 1 4 .985 2.96    
2018 35 MN GE P 15 5 48.0 4 5 1 0 .900 1.69    
2019 36 MN GE P 26 6 70.7 3 16 1 0 .950 2.42    
2020 37 MN GE P 25 1 23.7 2 7 0 0 1.000 3.42    
2021 38 MN GE P 26 0 32.7 4 8 1 1 .923 3.31    
Career Totals   282 124 972.6 70 204 11 14 .961 2.54    
Career Highs   43 31 197.7 18 47 3 4 1.000 3.81    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2014 31 DC FF 0 2 .000 2 2 0 0 0 8.7 14 4 3 4 3 4.16 .359 .419 .667 1.085
2018 35 MN GE 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 1 0 0 1 5 0.00 .071 .133 .071 .205
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 2 .000 3 2 0 0 0 12.7 15 4 3 5 8 2.84 .283 .345 .509 .854
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2014 31 DC FF 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2018 35 MN GE 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
2017-9-16
Winning Pct
2014-4-.737
Shutouts
2014-10-1
Hits Allowed
2017-9-193
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 30)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 143)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 24th overall pick, by Washington in 2002
Injured on 4/28/2002 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for one week
Injured on 6/5/2007 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 6 weeks
Injured on 8/8/2007 with a Tight Elbow, out for one week
Earned first career win on 6/6/2011
Traded from Washington to D.C. on 7/31/2013 (Going to DC: 2B Paco Andujar, 3B John Howard, P Albert Cortina, P Reinald Bazan, SS Curtis Elser. Going to Was: RF Karl Immell)
Had first career hit on 6/1/2014, off Edgardo Castillo (NC)
Injured on 8/19/2015 with a Torn Back Muscle, out for full season
Hit first career homerun on 5/17/2016, off Hugh Hoots (MS)
Injured on 5/17/2019 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 5 weeks